Still fishing, but with better results...

Still fishing almost daily, but now that I've talked to a few locals and experimented with various baits, I'm starting to think more clearly.  And by that I mean, I'm now using little cubes of leftover steak and chicken as my bait.  The fish love it, who knew?

Heading to my favorite part of the lake.  I get to captain my roommate Drew's boat.  I enjoi it very much :)

Scouting the sweet spot for other fishing goons.

Biggest fish I've caught so far.. Not sure what it is either :/  Had really sharp teeth and was a good fighter!

One of Drew's contributions for the day....

Big Catfish while fishing at Lake Sante Fe.  05.21.11

He was a slippery little devil and about 1 1/2 foot or so..

Danger close to gators, but some goons were in my normal spot when I got there.  :/

Catching catfish, this ones a little guy but at this point it was nice to start catching fish!

Clearly in the moment when the bobber is jumping.  So much tension in this great hunters eyes...

Ohh, and now that I'm purging most of my items, this one had to go through a slow squishy death by way of rain.  Perhaps I'll keep the armature and finish this one another time...

I'm on a boat..... or was

Took roommates boat out for some wakeboarding, skurfing and big lake fishing.
It was a really fun time and though I didn't get to catch any fish (I still suck at fishing), I got to drive the boat pretty much the whole time which was great.  I've never really got to captain a boat so this was a nice little treat.  Lake Santa Fe, FL

Sooooo fishing is difficult......

I've been trying to occupy my final stay here in Florida with some enjoyable outdoor activities and assumed that fishing would be a great time.  Turns out that its a pain, and that I only catch snags.  Plus being that close to the murky water and the alligators that call it home is bothersome.  I sorta hate it, but plan on doing it till I catch something thats worth posting an image on here.   Ohhh and I have a pretty great sunburn that looks moronic as well.

I've lost a fishing pole, most of my tackle and patience, but not giving up yet.

UPDATE:  I caught my fishing pole with my new one!  I've also had a standoff over my gear with an alligator and had that same jerk steal a fish off my line as I was reeling it in...  Sunburn is better now, and I've met some interesting folks while out there.  I shall keep going!

You can see that alligator looming around one of my spots.  This is also the site of the standoff.

Pretty :)

Fishing 05.08.2011